49 arrested in Winter Holiday Avoid DUI Campaign

The 2012/13 Winter Holiday DUI Mobilization crackdown on drinking drivers has ended and resulted in a significant number of DUI arrests from the Sobriety Checkpoints, Special Saturation Patrols and routine patrol in the Humboldt County "Avoid the 7 " DUI Campaign for the past 19 days.

From 12:01 AM Friday December 14th, through Midnight Tuesday January 1, 2013 officers representing 7 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 49 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 2011/12 48 DUI arrests occurred during the same time period. During this period, there were also no DUI related fatal collisions.

The following drivers were arrested and booked for DUI in Humboldt County:

Heather Melissa Baluka

Alexander Storm Beard

Kealea Dawn Boldt

Trinton Williams Bramlett

Benjamin Tyler Brower

Tony Burris

Falvio Gille Camesi

Kevin Michael Casey

Brenda Chadwick

David Dean Cunningham

Kira Lynn Daley

Travis Johnathon Docherty

Stephan Kyle Driggers

Liam Edward Duncan

Francis Fedroff

Charles Eugene Freser

Summer Rayann Frye

Russell Jay Green

Charles Hansen

Jamie Holmes

Tony Dean Jasicki

Nicholas Lynn Johnson

Tom Vince Jones

Peter Donald Jones

Jaesen Kanter

Rocky Keene

Keith John Kilinski

Troy Lovergine

Shelly Marie Mauer

Casey William Moore

Ivan Mueting

Andrew Michal Newman

Lucas Arthur Patmore

Michael Clinton Patton

Steven Kelly Pemberton

Joseph Pettit

Douglas John Pyle

Shawna Maria Richards

Michael Stuart Ross

Sean Raymond Rowe

Elijah Ruhl

Johnnie Lynn Rush

Lavenia Rose Smith

Robert Azevedo Sousa

Isaih Gene Stewart

Treson Nicholas Teague

Terry Lee Thomason

Daniel Thomas Walker

Kattie Rae Yocum

These numbers are in comparison to last year's totals during the holiday period. Law enforcement officials will be conducting more Avoid DUI operations throughout the county and region next during Super Bowl Sunday in February and then again for local St Patrick's Day Festivities in March. Police and the CHP encourage all motorists to help law enforcement every day:

DUI Checkpoints, along with regularly scheduled high visibility DUI enforcement, are proven strategies with the goal of removing impaired drivers from the road and heightening awareness of the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), sobriety checkpoint programs can yield considerable cost savings: $6 for every $1 spent.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.